John le Carré Knihy

Na britskom veľvyslanectve v Bonne sa stratí 49 tajných spisov ktoré môžu ohroziť anglické rokovania o vstupe do EHS – špionážny román.

'It's an emergency, George. You remember Vladimir? George, are you awake? You remember the old General?' The phone call that dragged George Smiley, acting Chief of the Circus, from his bed was a plea to return to active service. But only to bury the case, not to solve it. 'An old acquaintance shot dead on Hampstead Heath, an old woman in Paris promised the return of a daughter she'll never see, a photograph taken in a Hamburg brothel - and George Smiley is called out of retirement ... SMILEY'S PEOPLE has all the le Carré touches' Sunday Telegraph

Špionážní román líčí příběh britského agenta, jenž v prostředí východoněmecké totality naráží na silného protivníka. Po dohodě s vlastní centrálou se vrací do NDR, aby tohoto nebezpečného protivníka zneškodnil. Dokonalá příprava slibuje naprosté utajení a tím i úspěch celé akce. Rozvíjí se napínavá hra tahů a protitahů, ve které lidské city ani život nemají nejmenší cenu. Hrdina má však značnou šanci na přežití do té doby, než se do soukolí špionážní mašinerie dostane dívka, kterou miluje. Inteligentní práce s komplikovanou zápletkou a unaveným, otráveným, Jamese Bonda nikterak nepřipomínajícím agentem jménem Alec Leamas. Kniha dominovala 56 týdnů na seznamu bestsellerů The New York Times. (www.pitaval.cz)

Ani ne tak memoár jako spíše vzpomínání starého přítele, s kterým sedíte nad sklenkou sherry u krbu, a on vám vypráví příběhy ze svého předlouhého života. Pětaosmdesátiletý autor, vlastním jménem David Cornwell, tu v třiceti osmi kapitolách mluví o své práci pro MI6, o svém otci, který byl špatným tátou, velkým šarmérem a také často vězněným podvodníkem, o svých knihách a jednotlivých událostech, jež je ovlivnily, stejně jako o jednotlivcích, které potkal a jimiž se pak nechal inspirovat pro své literární hrdiny. Po dočtení knihy máme pocit, že jsme pochopili, jak se Cornwell – Le Carré stal jedním z nejuznávanějších a nejplodnějších autorů špionážních románů s naprosto pravděpodobnými zápletkami a motivacemi postav. „… zářivá pokladnice skvělých příběhů ze života.“ – The Seattle Times

Alex Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last but only after one final assignment.

British agent George Smiley ferrets out a mole in the Secret Service and begins his epic game of international chess with his Soviet counterpart, an agent named Karla. By the best-selling author of The Honourable Schoolboy. Reissue.

In this enthralling and thought-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into 'the theatre of the real' by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist. THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL is a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our times. 'An exciting story, excitingly told' Observer

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le CarrU has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.

The Cold War is over and Ned has been demoted to the training academy. He asks his old mentor, George Smiley, to address his passing-out class. There are no laundered reminiscences; Smiley speaks the truth - perhaps the last the students will ever hear.

Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie. Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age- the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit, hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Prue, Florence and Nat himself down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all. Agent Running in the Field is a chilling portrait of our time, now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told to us with unflagging tension by the greatest chronicler of our age.